There was brief period of hope for US importers in early October, after a three-day stoppage in US east and Gulf coast ports came to an end thanks to a “tentative agreement” on renumeration.
Any prospect that that optimism would lead to a comprehensive new master contract being signed by US east and Gulf coast port employer body USMX and the ILA dockworker union were dashed, after it became clear that …
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